May 16, 2020By Nana Yaa Serwaa Osei
Mad Over You is an animated Nigerian romance drama that’s honestly, a fresh extension of Nollywood drama Nollywood productions have taken their stand in entertainment, ever progressing with each film. This progress hasn’t escaped the world of animation as Splendid TV geared up to launch in 2010. Since then, Splendid TV has created an entire
May 2, 2020By Nana Yaa Serwaa Osei
A belly flop can be painful, hilarious and embarrassing, but not if you’re Penny in this adorable animated short from Triggerfish Studios. Belly Flop is an award-winning South African animated short film written by Kelly Dillon, directed by Jeremy Collins and animated by Triggerfish Studios starring Penny, a fearless young girl learning to dive, unperturbed
April 18, 2020By Nana Yaa Serwaa Osei
Ayam / The Days is an animated short by Sofia El Khyari about three generations of Moroccan women exchanging feelings and anecdotes while preparing the traditional ceremony of Eid Al Adha. Our journey through African animation finds us in the heart and mind of El Khyari Sofia who invites us to have some tea, share
March 7, 2020By Kadi
Yesterday, March 6, marked 63 years of Ghana, the gateway to Africa’s independence. Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent. Kwame Nkrumah As the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve this feat, Ghana’s independence day is essentially Africa’s independence day. To commemorate the day, here’s
March 4, 2020By Nana Yaa Serwaa Osei
Angry Becky is a furious Nigerian vigilante fighting against everything wrong with her country. African animated shows aren’t exactly a thing. Thankfully, that’s changing and this year might just be the year episodic animated stories from Africa are proliferated. One of the biggest agents of change is Anthill Studios, the studio behind Malika Warrior Queen,
March 9, 2017By Kadi
Ma-Otero, which is sheng (Kenyan slang) for heroes is a short African animation about a group of friends saving their city, in superhero fashion (in all its forms, clothing and purpose). The short is based on a comic created by Mmbasu Mbwabi and directed & animated by Salim Busuru. The afromation (African animation) stars Otero Prime, Otero
January 14, 2017By Kadi
We closed out last year mad excited about the future of African animation thanks to Plaything, an engaging and delightful animated short made with a lot of passion, love and childhood memories. The talent from Anthill studios, particularly Eri Umusu (you should check this list out), Nurdin Momodu and Godwin Akpan are to be praised. The
aniRadar (short for animation radar) is Squid Mag's animation review series where we highlight different African animated shorts and share our (Nana Yaa Osei's) thoughts.